diff --git a/template/__tests__/App.test.tsx b/template/__tests__/App.test.tsx
index 178476699b6055..3413ac1c403683 100644
--- a/template/__tests__/App.test.tsx
+++ b/template/__tests__/App.test.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import 'react-native';
 import React from 'react';
 import App from '../App';
 
+// Note: import explicitly to use the types shiped with jest.
+import {it} from '@jest/globals';
+
 // Note: test renderer must be required after react-native.
 import renderer from 'react-test-renderer';
 
diff --git a/template/package.json b/template/package.json
index 3ac504d528f1e8..cf3b10d19e9e0e 100644
--- a/template/package.json
+++ b/template/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.12.5",
     "@react-native/eslint-config": "^0.72.1",
     "@tsconfig/react-native": "^2.0.2",
-    "@types/jest": "^29.2.1",
     "@types/react": "^18.0.24",
     "@types/react-test-renderer": "^18.0.0",
     "babel-jest": "^29.2.1",